EXHIBIT 32.1




                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                       AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
                        OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002




In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Temecula Valley
Bancorp Inc. ("Company") for the period ending September 30, 2004 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Report"), I, Stephen H. Wacknitz, Chief
Executive Officer of the Company hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that
the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that, to my knowledge, the information
contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial
condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the period
covered by the Report.


Date:  November 10, 2004                        By:   /s/ Stephen H. Wacknitz
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                     Stephen H. Wacknitz
                                                     President and
                                                     Chief Executive Officer





A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or
other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the
signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this
written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Temecula Valley
Bancorp Inc. and will be retained by Temecula Valley Bancorp Inc. and furnished
to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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